Kinan Chenai is an Indian trap shooter. He is the son of renowned national shooting champion Darius Chenai. He won the Asia Olympic Shooting Qualifier held in Delhi in 2016.
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Wiki/Biography
Keenan Chenai was born on Tuesday, 29 January 1991 (age 32 years; as in 2023) in Hyderabad, India. He completed his schooling from Hebron School, Ooty, Tamil Nadu. As a child, Kaynan was not interested in studies and participated more in sports. During school, he played team sports such as field hockey and football. He was also the school’s freestyle swimming champion for three years. The guns in his father’s room attracted Kaynan’s attention at a very early age. Keenan Chenai was fascinated by the Olympic rings as a young child and promised himself that one day he would compete in the Olympics. He graduated in Business Management and Sports Science from Brunel University, London.
Childhood photo of Kinan Chenai with his mother
Physical Appearance
Height (approx): 6′ 0″
Weight (Approx): 85 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
Kinan Chenai belongs to a Parsi family from Hyderabad.
parents and siblings
Kinan Chenai’s father Darius Chenai is an Indian businessman and former national shooting champion and his mother Dinaj Noria is an event designer.
Kinan Chenai (right) with his father
Wife
Keenan Chenai is unmarried.
Religion
Kinan Chenai follows Zoroastrianism.
livelihood
Keenan started shooting at the age of 10 and was taught by his father in 2000. Talking about the beginning of his career in shooting, he said in an interview,
Initially I shot for fun. Then, I got into the game and it became a passion when I turned 16.”
Keenan Chenai practicing with his father
In 2003, Keenan finished fourth in the GV Mavalankar Shooting Championships in Chennai. At the GV Mavalankar Shooting Championship, Keenan competed in the 21-year-old category. Later, Chenai trained under four-time Olympic champion Mansher Singh. Keenan has played in several international tournaments, including the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, the 2022 Asian Games, and the 2016 Summer Olympics. On 28 January 2016, he secured one of four quotas for India in the men’s trap event on the second day of the Asia Olympic Shooting Qualifiers.
Kinan is practicing masonry
Keenan playing at the ISSF World Cup in 2016
In 2016, Kinan led a group of 75 shooters at the ISSF Shooting World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan. He finished 19th in the men’s trap event in his first Olympic event in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
Kinan Chenai holding the Olympic torch
Keenan Chenai is sponsored by Italian firearms manufacturing company Beretta and Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ), a non-profit company to promote the sports.
Keenan Chenai with the heads of OGQ
medal
Sleep
- In 2017, he won a bronze medal in mixed team trap at the Asian Shotgun Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan.
- In 2021, he won the gold medal in Trap Team Men at the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi.
silver
- In 2008, he won a silver medal in Trap Men’s Junior at the Asian Championships in Jaipur, India.
- In 2022, he won a silver medal in Trap Team Men at the ISSF World Cup in Lonato, Italy.
Brass
- In 2022, he won a bronze medal in Trap Team Men at the ISSF World Cup in Lima, Peru.
- In 2017, he won a bronze medal in trap men at the Asian Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Awards and achievements
- Keenan Chenai has won the junior national gold medal five times.
- Keenan won multiple gold medals at the state level in the trap, double trap and skeet categories at the age of 12.
Favorite
- Sports: Football, Shooting
- Shooters: Mansher Singh, Manavjeet Singh Sandhu
- Athletes: Annie Thorisdottir, Frederik Aegidius
- Movie Series: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Facts/General Knowledge
- In 2003, Kaynan was first featured in a Times of India article, an excerpt from an interview with 12-year-old Kaynan, in which he talked to the interviewer about starting a career in trap shooting, saying ,
I started shooting when I was 10 years old and it took me a year to hone my skills, my father is also my coach. I like sports more than studies and after school I play football or hockey, running or swimming.
- During school, Keenan chose German as his optional foreign language.
- Keenan loves outdoor activities and his hobbies include fishing, travelling, trekking and camping.
- Keenan loves playing video games and was very into it during his childhood. Talking about playing video games in an interview he said, I know it’s not very good for my eyes, so I ration it out and play, maybe once a week, I’m on my shooting now. Concentrating. Fitness is always a top priority. “I like to keep my mind and body ready for competition.”
- Keenan is a dog lover and often posts photos of himself with his dog Yeti on his Instagram account.
Kinan Chenai with his dog
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